Handle With Linux

Some manufacturers are using Linux for their television sets, Sony for instance has a impressive list of tv's which are running Linux.

There are also some televisions which can actually be hacked into to unlock extra features.
Sounds cool? It is! Read on for the full story...

Sony is using Linux in it's bravia series of tv's too bad there's not much you can do with that as of today. Samsung on the other hand has a list of tv's which are readily able to be hacked into. Always wanted to control your tv from a shell?

Project samygo makes it possible to patch your samsung flatscreen tv and add some great features to it. It just makes you wonder why they don't make their tv's do this by default:

* Play movies from usb disk
* Play movies from network shares
* Record tv (PVR) to usb disk/network share
* Browse the internet
* Internet television

For patching the device it's needed to enable telnet on your TV, which is cool all by itself if you ask me, telnet-ing to your tv. Wouldn't it be nice to ssh in to your TV start the recording of your favorite television show you forgot to program for recording.

Visit the samygo project site for more information, a list of supported models and software downloads.

Sony Bravia runs Linux too, lets hope someone finds a way to hack sony firmware soon